Hinge for toilet seats



May 20, 1930.

J. W. BISHOP HINGE FOR TOILET SEATS Filed Dec. 19, 1928 Patented May 20, 1930,.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE JOSEPH W. BISHOP, OF MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRUNS- WICK-BALKE-COLLENDER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE HINGE FOR TOILET SEATS Application filed December 19, 1928. Serial No. 327,103.

being communicated to said seat.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description proceeds.

Referring to the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a rear elevational view of a toilet 1 seat and cover in which my invention is embodied, parts being shown in section; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional'view on a line IIII of Fig. 1.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a seat 1, a cover 2, and a pair of supporting standards 3 adapted to be secured to a bowl, not shown.

A pair of hinge plates 4 and 5 are disposed in opposed relation at the sides and rearof the seat and each has thereon a pintle'6 which pivots in a socket 7 in the standard 8. Each of the hinge plates has a hole which extends through its pintl'e and is square when viewed in cross section, and a rod 8 which is square in cross section is rigidly secured in the hole I and extends through and is rigidly secured in a hole in the rear of the seat 1, which likewise is square when viewed in cross section.

Each of the hinge plates extends upwardly above the seat and has a socket adjacent its' upper end, in which is pivoted the head 10 of a pintle having a shank 11 which is embedded in the body of the cover. A washer 12 is interposed between the head 10 and the side 40 of the cover to prevent the marring of the cover in its pivotal movement;

In seats of the general class to which the invention relates considerable force is at times exerted tending to twist oneof the 46 hinge plates relative to the other and with constructions heretofore employed this force was sustained by the body of the seat itself, thus damaging the seat and causing the hinge plates to tear loose and rendering them use- 50 less.

This objection is avoided in constructions embodying my invention, as the rod 8 efiectually prevents any tendency of one of the hinge plates to turn relatively to'the other and holds the hinge plates in fixed position. This rigid construction makes it possible to use also the described pintles for the cover and makes it unnecessary to secure such pintles rigidly to the hinge plates, as the rigid securement of the hinge plates prevents loose-- ness developing between them and the cover. In making the described construction the holes are broached in the hinge plates and the toilet seat and the rod 8 is driven through the latter. The pintles are then driven into the cever, which is then placed in spaced relation to the seat as shown in the drawing, and the hinge plates are forced on to the projecting portions of the rod 8, the sockets in the hinge plates slipping over the heads 10 of the pintle. The ends of the rod 8 are then flattened as shown at 12 and the standards 3 are slipped over pintle 6.

7 My invention is not limited to the details of construction described and shown, as, for

instance, the rod 8 may be otherwise than square in cross section, though it should not be circular. Divers modifications may come within the spirit of the invention, and a substantial range of equivalents is contemplated within the scope of the appended claims. I 'VVhat I claim as newand desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. The combination of a toilet seat, a rod of non-circular shape in cross section fitting in. and extending through a hole of similar shape in the rear of said seat and projecting beyond the sides thereof, a hinge plate'on each end of said rod, each, plate having a hole in which'saidrod is rigidly secured, a pair of standards supporting said seat for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis extending through said seat, said plates extending upwardly above said seat when in its lowered position, and a cover between the upper ends of said plates pivoted thereon.

2. The combination of a toilet seat, a rod of noncircular shape in cross section fitting in and extending through a hole of similar shape in the rear of said seat'and projecting beyond the sides thereof, a hinge plate on each end of said rod, a pintle on each plate, each plate having a hole extending through the pintle thereof, in which said rod is rigidly secured, a pair of standards, each having a socket therein for receiving one of said pintles and thereby supporting said seat for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis extending through said seat, said plates extending upwardly above said seat when in its lowered position, and a cover between the upper ends of said plates pivoted thereon.

3. The combination of a toilet seat, a rod of square cross section fitting in and extending through a hole of similar shape in the rear of said seat and projecting beyond the sides thereof, a hinge plate on each end of said rod, a pintle on each hinge plate, each plate having a square hole which extends through its pintle, in which said rod is rigidly secured, a pair of standards, each having a socket therein for receiving one of said pintles and thereby supporting said seat for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis ex- 5 tending through said seat, said plates extending upwardly above said seat when in its lowered position, and a cover between the upper ends of said plates pivoted thereon.

4. The combination of a toilet seat, a pair 30 of hinge plates rigidly secured to the sides of the rear of said seat and extending upwardly therefrom when said seat is in horizontal position, each plate having a socket adjacent its upper end, means supporting said plates for pivotal movement about an axis extending through said seat, a cover for said seat,

a pintle for each of said hinge plates having a shank embedded in said cover and a head pivotally received in the socket in the plate,

4 and a washer disposed between said head and the side of said cover.

5. The combination of a toilet seat, a rod of non-circular shape in cross section fitting in and extending through a hole of non-circular shape and being held against turning therein because of the respective shapes of said rod and said hole, and projecting beyond the Sides of said seat, a hinge member rigidly secured on each end of said rod, and a supporting standard for each member, pivotally supporting the same.

I11 testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name.

JOSEPH W. BISHOP. 

